E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1 page 24 dialogue, should be taken as a basis and formalized at the political level; (c) (ii) The aim of efforts to combat discrimination and racism should be to shape, over the long term, a democratic, egalitarian multicultural order. The ultimate objective is to ensure that just doing away with all forms of discrimination does not result in the sort of multicultural society in which different communities, while not discriminating against one another, simply live side by side, enclosed in their ghetto mentalities, without any real interaction or cross-fertilization; (iii) The principle of unity in diversity should serve as a pivot linking recognition, protection and respect for the specific cultural, ethnic and spiritual features of the various communities, with the promotion of shared, universal and unitary values; (iv) To that end, it is vital to promote, through education and information, mutual understanding among the various communities, in particular of their history, their spiritual traditions and their ethical and aesthetic values; (v) The national identity needs to express the cultural, ethnic and spiritual pluralism of Trinidad and Tobago’s society, in order to avoid the perception that one community has cultural domination over the other; Legal and judicial strategies to combat all forms of discrimination: (i) It is vital to give shape, purpose and impetus to existing constitutional, legislative and judicial measures, by preparing a national programme to eliminate all forms of discrimination and racism, based on the Durban Programme of Action, through a democratic and intercommunal process, using a holistic approach that embraces both concrete economic and social issues, and culture and communication; (ii) Responsibility for preparing such a national programme should be assigned to the Ethnic Relations Committee, established on a balanced democratic and intercommunal basis, with the additional task of implementing the Durban Programme of Action; (iii) The current dialogue among religions which is central to the development both of day-to-day communal living and of a national ethic, should be given recognition, support and representativity through the establishment, by Parliament, of a national council for dialogue among religions.